Definitions for golem

golem go·lem

Spelling: [goh-luh m, -lem]
IPA: /ˈgoʊ ləm, -lɛm/

Golem is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in golem (eglmo).

Definitions for golem

noun

  1. Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
  2. a stupid and clumsy person; blockhead.
  3. an automaton.

Origin of golem

1895-1900; (Yiddish goylem) Hebrew gōlem embryo, larva, cocoon

Examples for golem

Due to rising global anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the golem had resurfaced in popular Jewish culture.

Over the next decade, the golem appeared in at least one poem, an opera, and a German film.

The golem had dragged itself into this corner and had fallen to mud.

The golem standing before him was small, and its eyes glowed red.

"Perhaps I'd better call the headwaiter, sir," the golem said stiffly.

His chest was heaving from his tantrum, but the presence of the golem calmed him.

"I knew you were a man as soon as I saw you talking to the golem," said the red-head.

Slowly, gratingly, the golem turned and lumbered out of the cave, clumsy and ponderous.

Word Value for golem
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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